2010 AHP Student Award Contest
Hailey Elin Harroun Named 2010 AHP Student Award Winner
Hailey Elin Harroun, became the 2010 AHP Student Award Winner during the AHP Student Award Party in Lexington, Kentucky on June 18, 2010. AHP presented Hailey with a $1,000 cash award, framed certificate and commemorative lapel pin. Publishers Press, Inc., Shepherdsville, KY presented her with an all-expenses paid trip to one of their Two-Day Customer Education Seminars held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Over 150 attendees enjoyed an evening of "undisciplined fun" in celebration of 2010 FEI Alltech World Equestrian Games in Lexington. The party included a Table Decorating Contest which featured the WEG disciplines and the eight countries where the World Equestrian Games have been held or will be held. Event sponsors for the evening were Pfizer Animal Health, AQHA publications and Freedom Health’s SUCCEED®.
Hailey was a member of Team Spain and accepted her award dressed as a flamenco dancer. She graduated from Oklahoma State University in May 2010 with a double major of Pre-Veterinary Animal Science and Agricultural Communications. Hailey grew up on a ranch in northeastern Washington, where her family raised Angus cattle. She showed horses, cows and chickens in 4-H for 12 years. She has competed with Quarter Horses in showmanship, horsemanship, western pleasure, equitation, western riding and trail. After beginning college at Oklahoma State, she took lessons for a year from a hunter/jumper trainer. She also rode with a working cow horse and reining trainer for almost three years. In 2007, she interned with Deer Park Veterinary Clinic as an equine breeding and foal assistant. In 2008, she interned with the American Quarter Horse Association, writing 19 articles for the association’s three publications. Currently attending veterinary school at Colorado State University, Hailey plans to write equine medical and health articles and specialize in equine orthopedic surgery.
She is the daughter of Patrice Johnson and Steve Harroun of Washington State.
2010 Student Award Committee chairman was Cheryl Erpelding of California Riding Magazine. She reviewed the 18 applicants who were scored on the following criteria: academics, relevant experience, skills/abilities, presentation of materials, and career goals/assertiveness. Hailey was one of three students who won $750 Travel Awards to the Lexington seminar. The other two Travel Award winners were Laura Villasana, University of Kentucky, and Jada Buchanan, Ball State University. All three young ladies were interviewed by the Student Award Committee during the seminar and the committee members selected Hailey as the 2010 Student Award Winner.
High school seniors and undergraduate college students pursuing a career in equine publishing are encouraged to compete for the 2011 AHP Student Travel Awards and Student Award.
American Horse Publications offers students interested in pursuing a career in equine publishing with the opportunity to participate in its association programs, including Student Membership , the Student Award Contest, and the AHP Internship Program.
To request information about any of AHP’s student programs, please contact: Chris Brune, American Horse Publications, 49 Spinnaker Circle, South Daytona, FL 32119; (386) 760-7743, e-mail: ahorsepubs@aol.com. Information and forms are also available online at the AHP web site at www.americanhorsepubs.org under STUDENTS.